Dodgeball: a way of LIFE

It's not just on the playground anymore...dodgeball has reached the collegiate level and it's collegiately competitive.

CU's Intramural program 2 sessions a year of dodgeball at many levels of ability (open is the most competitive, then A, B and C levels). But dodgeball has peaked the popularity of Intramurals at CU with over 80 teams.

People dress up, make uniforms, or even wear traffic jackets or a blow-up water duck-anything to distract their opponent.

Rules are fairly universal: you get hit you're out. You catch a ball, the thrower's out and a teammate comes in. If you make a basket, your entire team comes in. More competitive or CU specific rules include: not crossing the center line, dodging out of bounds and 2 people being hit by the same ball...all of which get you called out.

In general, IM goes by the honestly policy-you have to call yourself out. But because we don't live in a perfect world, refs are there to confirm/deny arguments and put cheaters in their place.

My very own team "Throws Like A Girl" is at the highest competitive level. But we are an unconventional team. Dodgeball is co-ed and most teams have the minimum number of girls-2. But my team is made up of 5 softball girls and 4 football guys. We use the strength of our ladies to throw off the other team. They don't expect us to throw harder than they do.

We are 1-1-1 and play tomorrow night for our final game before the play-offs. You can support us next Thursday at 8pm for our first tournament game.

Click Here to catch an opportunity to play IM sports or for a complete copy of Dodgeball rules.